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101Conduit — Con duit (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See {Conduct}.] 1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid. [1913 Webster] All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak. [1913 Webster] This is the fountain …
102conduit — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French cunduit pipe, passage, conduct, in part from cunduit, past participle of cunduire to lead, from Latin conducere, in part from Medieval Latin conductus more at conduct Date: 14th century 1. a …
103conduct — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin conductus, from Latin conducere Date: 15th century 1. obsolete escort, guide 2. the act, manner, or process of carrying on ; management < praised for his conduct of the campaign > …
104Motet — In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Medieval motets 3 Renaissance motets 3.1 …
105Choir — For other uses, see Choir (disambiguation). A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. A body of singers who perform together as a group… …
106History of music — Music is found in every known culture, past and present, varying wildly between times and places. Scientists now believe that modern humans emerged from Africa 160,000 years ago. Around 50,000 years ago these humans began to disperse from Africa… …
107Crumhorn — This article is about the musical instrument. For the district in East Frisia, North Germany, see Krummhörn. Crumhorns shown in the “Syntagma Musicum” Vol. 2 (1619) …
108Psaltery — Picture of a psaltery A psaltery is a stringed musical instrument of the harp or the zither family. The psaltery of Ancient Greece[1] (Epigonion) dates from at least 2800 BC, when it was a harp like instrument. Etymologically the word derives… …
109Madrigal (music) — A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three… …
110Chanson — This article is about the musical term. For other uses, see Chanson (disambiguation). A chanson (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃], song , from Latin cantio) is in general any lyric driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular. A singer… …
